Introduction : constructing consent, inciting conflict -- Giants and gypsies : Corpus Christi in colonial Mexico City / L.A. Curcio-Nagy -- Lewd songs and dances from the streets of Eighteenth-century new Spain / S.R. Ayala -- The working poor and the Eighteenth-century colonial state : gender, public order, and work discipline / S. Deans-Smith -- A world of images : cult, ritual, and society in colonial Mexico City / C.G. Ayluardo -- Public celebrations, popular culture, and labor discipline in Eighteenth-century Chihuahua / C.E. Martin -- Policia y Buen Gobierno : municipal efforts to regulate public behavior, 1821-1857 / A. Staples -- Streetwise history : the Paeso de la reforma and the Porfirian State, 1876-1910 / B.A. Tenenbaum -- Proletarians, politicos, and patriarchs : the use and abuse of cultural customs in the early industrialization of Mexico City, 1880-1910 / T. Morgan -- The Porfirian smart set anticipates Thorstein Veblen in Guadalajara / W.H. Beezley -- Progreso Forzado : workers and the inculcation of the capitalist work ethic in the Parral mining district / W.E. French -- The construction of the Patriotic Festival in Tecamachalco, Puebla, 1900-1946 / M.K. Vaughan -- Popular reactions to the educational reforms of Cardenismo / E. Loyo -- Burning saints, molding minds : iconoclasm, civic ritual, and the failed cultural revolution / A.A. Bantjes -- Misiones culturales, teatro conasupo, and teatro comunidad : the evolution of rural theater / D.H. Frischmann -- The ceremonial and political roles of village bands, 1846-1974 / G.P.C. Thomson -- Conclusion : the state as vampire-hegemonic projects, public ritual, and popular culture in Mexico, 1600-1990